Poor People Use Yahoo, Those Better Off Use Google — New data released by Hitwise yesterday shows that the difference between those using Yahoo and Google can be shown by the wealth of each user. — The graph right demonstrates “Online Representation” based on demographic types.

New feature: Scheduled Posts — We've often heard that sometimes you'd like to write a post now and have it automatically published at some time in the future. We listened, and are pleased to say that this feature is ready for you to try out on Blogger in draft.

Why S3 failed — Late last night, Amazon issued a statement explaining the cause of the problem that hobbled its S3 storage system yesterday morning. It was not a hardware failure. Rather, the service's authentication system, which verifies the identity of a user, became overloaded with user requests.

Dork Talk — In the early 90s, I made a pilgrimage to Boulder, Colorado, where the Knight Ridder chain of newspapers had established a research lab to contemplate the future of newspapers. It was rumoured that they were developing a “tablet” - that is, a portable screen about the size …

Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray — SAN FRANCISCO — HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only high-definition DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format.

Apple Is Building on 34th, But Will It Set Up Shop? — Avenue Apple store? — Apple has applied for a building permit at 21 West 34th Street, listing plans for a two-story 19,000-square-foot retail structure on the site, owned by SL Green. — So will this be the next iStore? — Maybe, maybe not.

Lawsuit claims Google stole idea for Sky layer in Earth — A former Google contractor is suing the company for allegedly stealing from him the idea for the Sky layer in Google Earth. — The lawsuit filed this week in federal district court in Atlanta seeks punitive damages of $25 million from Google.

Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum — Two little words — “social networking” — have become a giant buzzphrase over the past couple of years, what with the worldwide march of Facebook and headline-ready stories about Web-assisted suicides. So what's the net effect of social networking?

Ranking using Indiana University's user traffic — Mark Meiss gave an great talk at WSDM 2008 on a fascinating project where they tapped and anonymized all traffic into and out of Indiana University, then analyzed the behavior of search users. Their paper, “Ranking Web Sites with Real User Traffic” …

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